An Audience With a Former Kumari Living Goddess in Nepal
NEPAL, December 29, 2023 (The National News by Stuart Butler): The Kumari is a young Newari girl who is believed to have been possessed by the Goddess Taleju (Durga); the Newari are the people of the Kathmandu Valley in Nepal. She is worshiped by Newari Buddhists and Hindus as a manifestation of divine female energy. Always a young girl, the…